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Free 'no lose' £20 World Cup bet

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  • the182guy
    the182guy Posts: 1,018 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    This deal has finished, it's done. No more no lose bets.

    888 are being a bit sneaky now by replacing this offer with a new (not as good) offer.

    The new offer is the same freebet which all bookmarkers do. You deposit and bet, then you get a free bet which you have to bet before you can withdraw.

    Don't make the mistake of thinking the new offer is the same as the last one.
  • albo2002
    albo2002 Posts: 252 Forumite
    just to confirm - if you put the money on yesterday and lost, you do get the money back without having to bet on another outcome?
  • the182guy
    the182guy Posts: 1,018 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    albo2002 wrote: »
    just to confirm - if you put the money on yesterday and lost, you do get the money back without having to bet on another outcome?

    As long as when you registered, deposited and bet, the banner was still showing as normal and not "we've used all freebets for today".
  • Flox
    Flox Posts: 14 Forumite
    albo2002 wrote: »
    just to confirm - if you put the money on yesterday and lost, you do get the money back without having to bet on another outcome?

    I would also like to know this.

    I deposited money and bet it at 12:53 yesterday, before the T&Cs changed. I phoned today and asked when the losing money would come through, and there was no mention of having to use it on another bet.
  • Gavhough
    Gavhough Posts: 51 Forumite
    Glad i rechecked on here! Made my depsit at 12:18, cashed out at 12:24!! Very sneaky little stunt!!
  • katebl
    katebl Posts: 637 Forumite
    mark_dumpleton wrote: »
    Which bet is that?


    I registered with skybet to get the £5 free, deposited £5 and then withdrew it once I'd used the free bet as a stake - may only be £5, but it's better than nothing! It looked like it could only be used on a single bet - i.e. no accumulators, but I could be wrong!
  • Totality
    Totality Posts: 1,909 Forumite
    You guys sure this has ended? Maybe just my browser but when I looked again a few mins ago via the site I put up earlier (see this post), the 888promo was still showing if I went to their site that way? If somebody can check in case its my browser storing old files that would be appreciated.
  • LuSiVe
    LuSiVe Posts: 1,059 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    The no-risk part has ended - the terms and conditions have changed and you have to bet again with the refund.
  • Totality
    Totality Posts: 1,909 Forumite
    Thanks for that.
  • jellyhead
    jellyhead Posts: 21,555 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The person I spoke to an hour ago said that if the second bet loses it will be refunded - was she lying??
    52% tight
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